Cloud Architecture - AWS

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BSACB/531: IT Archtecture in the Age of Cloud Course Information Description IT Architecture in the Age of Cloud covers solution architecture designed specifically for the cloud, with alignment to AWS Solution Architect ‐ Associate certification. Course topics include designing resilient high-performance architectures and securing and cost‐optimizing architectures that are operationally excellent.

Credits 3

Competency Statements and Learning Objectives

Competency Statement Competency Learning Objectives (LO) Where you will

demonstrate your learning:

By analyzing research on AWS, you will determine if AWS is the best solution for a company through the assessment of advantages and disadvantages of AWS, AWS competitors, and case study results of similar companies that implemented AWS.

Competency 1 – You will design performant and resilient architectures.

Learning Objective 1 – Choose reliable/resilient storage. Learning Objective 2 – Determine how to design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services. Learning Objective 3 – Determine how to design a multi-tier architecture solution. Learning Objective 4 – Determine how to design high availability and/or fault tolerant architectures. Learning Objective 5 – Choose performant storage and databases. Learning Objective 6 – Design solutions for elasticity and scalability. Learning Objective 7 – Apply caching to improve performance.

Competency 1 – Competency Assessment

By applying research on AWS and cloud computing, you will author a presentation on steps and strategies for migrating to a cloud computing environment and a paper on general security

Competency 2 – You will design secure applications and architectures.

Learning Objective 8 – Determine how to secure application tiers. Learning Objective 9 – Determine how to secure data. Learning Objective 10 – Define the networking

Competency 2 – Competency Assessment

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Competency Statement Competency Learning Objectives (LO) Where you will

demonstrate your learning:

risks of cloud computing, risks in the shared responsibility model, and AWS security tools that mitigate those risks.

infrastructure for a single VPC application.

By applying research on AWS, you will compile a list of resources for users on AWS services and summarize a comprehensive report on migrating to AWS enterprise cloud solutions in the form of an executive summary.

Competency 3 – You will design cost- optimized and operationally excellent architectures.

Learning Objective 11 – Design Cost-Optimized Architectures. Learning Objective 12 – Specify Secure Applications and Architectures. Learning Objective 13 – Define Operationally Excellent Architectures.

Competency 3 – Competency Assessment

Materials Textbook Piper, B. & Clinton, D. (2019) AWS certified solutions architect study guide: Associate SAA-C01 exam (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Tools • Azure Dev Tools for Education ®

Course Overview

Competency Activities Assessment

Competency 1 – Designing Performant and Resilient Architectures

Overview, Assignment Information, Assessment Rubric

Learning Resources – Introduction to Cloud Computing and Resilient Architecture

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Ch. 1, 2, 3, and 9

• Architecting for Reliability on AWS by Mike Pfeiffer from Pluralsight

Learning Resources – Performant Architectures

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Ch. 5, 8, and 10

• Architecting for Performance Efficiency on AWS with Mike Erickson from Pluralsight

Competency 1 – Reflection

Competency 1 –Assessment

Competency 2 – Designing Secure Applications and Architectures

Overview, Assignment Information, Assessment Rubric

Learning Resources – Virtual Private Cloud and AWS Identity and Access Management

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Ch. 4 and 6

Competency 2 – Reflection

Competency 2 –Assessment

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Competency Activities Assessment

• AWS Networking Deep Dive: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) with Ben Piper from Pluralsight

Learning Resources – CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config and the Security Pillar

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Ch. 7 and 11

• Architecting for Security on AWS with Ben Piper from Pluralsight, sections: Course Overview, and Protecting AWS Credential.

Competency 3 – Designing Cost- Optimized and Operationally Excellent Architectures

Overview, Assignment Information, Assessment Rubric

Learning Resources – The Cost Optimization Pillar

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Ch. 12

• Architecting for Cost on AWS with Fernando Corey from Pluralsight, sections: AWS Cost Optimization Basics

Learning Resources – The Operational Excellence Pillar

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide Associate (SAA-C01) Exam, Ch. 13

• Architecting for Operational Excellence on AWS with Ben Piper, from Pluralsight, sections: Course Overview, and Automating Infrastructure Builds Using CloudFormation

Competency 3– Reflection

Competency 3 –Assessment

Competency 1, 2, & 3 Final Course Reflection